Where does “liikennekuri” come from?

liikennekuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish liikenne, from Finnish -nne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

liikennekuri (Finnish): traffic discipline

Definitions

  1. traffic discipline

Ancestry of “liikennekuri”, step by step

liikennekuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liikenne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikennetraffic; a trip taken somewhere else
2Finnish-nneThe possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used...
3Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
4Finnishhartiashoulder
5Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
6Greekχαρτίpaper
7Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
8Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
9Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish kuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuridiscipline; Short for kuritushuone; canyon
2Finnishkurugorge, gulch, ravine, flume; canyon; kuru
3EnglishkuruA chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous...
4SanskritकुरुName of a people of India and of their country;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης